# US 7,909,974 B2 · Layer composition of an electrowetting system

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- Number: US 7,909,974 B2
- Document ID: US7909974B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 12/450,824
- Filed: 2008-04-21
- Published: 2010-07-01
- Granted: 2011-03-22
- Earliest claimed: 2007-04-21
- Assignees: Advanced Display Technology AG
- Inventors: Frank Bartels; Andriy Bitman; Dieter Jerosch
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US7909974B2

## CPC

- G02B 26/005: {based on electrowetting}
- G02B: OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS

## Abstract

A layer composition of an electrowetting system with a first electrode layer, an insulator layer on the first electrode layer, and a fluid layer over the insulator layer, wherein the fluid layer comprises at least two immiscible fluids which, under the influence of an applied voltage, reversibly change their wetting behavior of a surface allocated to the insulator layer, wherein the insulator layer being at least in part built of a material with a permittivity of ∈r≧20. The fluid layer is adjacent to at least one layer being repellent for the at least one of the fluids. On the surface of the repellent layer pointing away from the fluid layer is provided an adhesion enhancing layer before the subsequent layer.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A layer composition of an electrowetting system, comprising
a first carrier made of a transparent insulating material;
a first electrode layer disposed over the first carrier;
an insulator layer over the first electrode layer being built, at least in parts, of a material with a permittivity of ∈r≧20;
a first repellent layer over the insulator layer that is repellent for at least one fluid that adjoins to the repellent layer;
a fluid layer on the first repellent layer, wherein the fluid layer comprises at least two non-mixable fluids which, under the influence of an applied voltage, reversibly change their wetting behavior towards a surface of the first repellent layer; and
a second repellent layer disposed over
a first adhesive layer disposed over
a second electrode layer disposed over
a second carrier;
wherein the first carrier, the first electrode layer, the insulator layer and the first repellent layer form a first section, and the second repellent layer, the first adhesive layer, the second electrode layer and the second carrier form a second section, with the first and second section forming a sandwich around the fluid layer,
wherein a second adhesive layer is disposed between the insulator layer and the first repellent layer, and
wherein the adhesion enhancing layer comprises SinH2n+2 or SinH2n (n≧1) or a mixture thereof.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The layer composition according to claim 1, wherein the material with a permittivity of ∈r≧20 comprises at least one metal or metal oxide from the groups IIIB to VIB of the transition elements.

### Claim 3 (depends on 2)

The layer composition according to claim 2, wherein the metal or metal oxide is doped with a non-metal.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The layer composition according to claim 1, wherein the fluid layer comprises water, propylene carbonate or γ-butyrolactone.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The layer composition according to claim 1, wherein at least one of the repellent layers is an amorphous fluoropolymer layer.

### Claim 6 (depends on 3)

The layer composition according to claim 3, wherein the metal or metal oxide is doped with nitrogen.